antonyjoshua beatsjermaine frankin in his comeback fight, but fails to land a knockout punch. our ancient woodlands standard stead fast and tall, it is with this past that we build a future for all. the unmistakable voice of damejudi dench, as the king says thank you for the three million trees planted in honour of the late queen. good morning, a fairamount good morning, a fair amount of cloud around this morning but things will brighten up through the day. it will be less windy with more sunshine than we saw yesterday. more details, shortly. it s sunday 2nd of april, out main story. three british men are being held in custody by the taliban in afghanistan. a humanitarian organisation said two of the men were arrested injanuary, while a third was detained on a different date. the foreign office says it s working hard to make contact with them, as helena wilkinson reports. back under taliban control since the summer of 2021, now it has emerged that three british men are being
Day in the Premier League. Good day in the Premier League. Morning. After the war the good morning. After the warmest of the year yesterday, today will be warmer in the east changes in the west with thunderstorms. I will bring you all the details shortly. Good morning. Its sunday may 12. Did you stay up late . Maybe you did switzerland has won the Eurovision Song Contest in a competition marred by controversy and politics. The singer nemo triumphed with the song the code. The uks Olly Alexander came a disappointing eighteenth. There was booing for israel in the arena, while earlier, thousands of pro Palestinian Protesters marched outside. Our arts correspondent David Sillito has more. Switzerland, winning one of the most extraordinary Eurovision Song Contests of all time. Fans had to file into the arena amidst a small melee of police and protesters, the presence of israel in the final has provoked demonstrations and discomfort from some of the competitors. But when israels eden golan t
Cruised to a 53 3 victory and joined wales at the top of the table. both exeter chiefs and saracens are in champions cup last 16 action this afternoon. they will be hoping for better results than the british clubs had yesterday. gloucester looked set for a famous win against defending champions la rochelle but conceded a try in the final minutes to lose 29 26. whilst harlequins were beaten 32 28 in cape town by south african team the stormers. damian willemse scoring one of the tries of the competition so far. and ulster were knocked out at this stage for the second year in a row. they lost 30 15 to leinster in dublin. super league leaders warrington were ruthless in recording a seventh consecutive win as they crushed hull fc by 34 6. matt dufty s lung bursting run in the 31st minute ended in the pick of the six tries for the wolves at the halliwelljones stadium. the victory saw warrington match their best start to a super league season. in the day s other match, catalan dragons beat
Quarterfinal against the russian. he lost that fight, a fight that most observers felt he had won easily. afterwards, he was critical and outspoken of the judging, the refereeing and in fact the whole of the amateur international boxing organisation. another one isjoejoyce and his super heavyweight final, which he lost to a french opponent. it was quite a close fight, but many people thought that looked suspicious. that is one of the contests on the red list. he said he can t confirm at this stage that it was rigged, that it was manipulated. that the wrong fighter was given the gold medal. that the wrong fighter was given the gold medal. but that is something they will look at in the coming months. cata la n catalan dragons beat 20